Boon v. Mayor of Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Hardeman. Butts superior court. February term, 1895.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
1. An action for damages brought by Boon against “The Mayor and Council of the Town of Jackson” resulted in a verdict in his favor, which was afterwards set aside by this court. 93 Ga. 662. At the next trial, the case took an entirely new turn. A motion was then made to dismiss the action on the ground that it was brought as above stated, when it should have been brought against “The Town of Jackson,” that being the corporate name of the munici*491pality intended to be sued. We find, upon looking at the charter, that in point of fact the words last quoted embrace the correct…
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